Ethics

The Paradise Papers remind the public how distant the world inhabited by elite power brokers is from their own. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Wilbur Ross may not have done anything illegal in the Paradise Papers, but it’s still sketchy

Emily Jashinsky · November 7, 2017 6:42 pm

Blumenthal did not mention on the call with reporters that the Peopleâs Daily newspaper of China is a tenant in the Empire State Building, which his wife's family manages. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Richard Blumenthal concerned Trump may be colluding with China

Steven Nelson · November 7, 2017 6:20 pm

Pruitt appeared in a video produced by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, in which he described his opposition to the Obama administration's 2015 Clean Water Rule. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

GAO to investigate Scott Pruitt’s appearance in beef industry promotional video

Josh Siegel · November 7, 2017 12:59 am

The chief of staff for Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., dropped more than $5,000 on a Phoenix getaway. By most accounts, it looks as though that chief of staff, Oliver Schwab, booked the vacation on the taxpayer tab. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Beltway Confidential

A lot of cash is flowing to David Schweikert’s chief of staff Oliver Schwab

Philip Wegmann · November 2, 2017 10:01 pm

There's no law requiring President Trump to sell his companies, but ethics and good government require it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump administration enriches prison company. Company enriches Donald Trump.

Timothy P. Carney · October 27, 2017 12:52 pm

SEIU union members protest for an increase in the minimum wage. SEIU fired one of the lead architects of its $15 minimum wage campaign, stating that he violated the union's ethics rules regarding nepotism. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Unions suspends $15 minimum wage advocate over nepotism charges

Sean Higgins · October 19, 2017 5:46 pm

Collins was among the first Republicans in Congress to endorse President Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign. (AP)

Mike Pence raising money for ethically clouded Chris Collins

David M. Drucker · October 13, 2017 3:19 pm

Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., could face ethics sanctions or potential criminal prosecution.

Ethics panel: ‘Substantial reason to believe’ Rep. Chris Collins violated ethics standards

Diana Stancy Correll · October 12, 2017 9:47 pm

The Interior Department submitted the records to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee detailing flights on chartered government and private planes by former Interior secretaries Ken Salazar and Sally Jewell. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

Obama Interior officials dwarfed Ryan Zinke’s spending on private flights: Report

John Siciliano · October 10, 2017 12:23 am

Critics say the EPA will fill the boards with corporate interests who support Pruitt's deregulatory agenda. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

EPA inspector general expands investigation of Scott Pruitt’s travel

Josh Siegel · October 6, 2017 8:42 pm

The inspector general first began investigating Mnuchin's travel after Mnuchin took a trip to Kentucky in August to determine if he used the trip to capture an optimal view of the solar eclipse with his wife, Louise Linton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Steve Mnuchin flew on military aircraft on seven flights, costing $800,000

Diana Stancy Correll · October 6, 2017 1:02 am

Price said he would reimburse the government for his own seats on private jets for domestic trips, amounting to approximately $52,000 out of the $400,000 total tab for private flights. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tom Price did reimburse government for seats on private jets

Diana Stancy Correll · October 5, 2017 11:42 pm